About
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- Chest Imaging
- Thoracic Radiology
- Heart Imaging
- Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
- Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Cardiac MRI
- MRI of the Heart
- MRI Chest
- MRI Thoracic Spine
- Magnetic Resonance Angiography
- CT Chest
- Cardiac CT
- CT Scan of the Heart
- CT Scan of the Chest
- Chest X-Ray
- Ultrasound
- PET-CT
- PET Scan
- Positron Emission Tomography
- Heart Disease
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Valvular Heart Disease
- CT Lung Screening
- Lung Disease
- Lung Cancer
- Screening For Lung Cancer
- Lung Cancer-Diagnostic Testing
- Low Dose Computed Tomography of Lungs For Lung Cancer Screening
- Diffuse Lung Disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
Biography
Joanna Escalon, M.D. is a radiologist specializing in cardiothoracic imaging. She is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Assistant Attending Radiologist at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Campus.
Dr. Escalon graduated with a B.A. in Biology from The University of Chicago where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to earn her M.D. from the New York University School of Medicine in 2012. Following a yearlong internship in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, Dr. Escalon completed her residency training in Diagnostic Radiology at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where she served as a Chief Resident. Dr. Escalon then completed a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Radiology at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado in Denver, Colorado.
After training, Dr. Escalon joined the Weill Cornell Medicine faculty as Assistant Professor of Radiology in 2018. Dr. Escalon’s clinical expertise is in cardiothoracic imaging. She interprets a wide range of imaging examinations, including radiography, high-resolution chest CT, thoracic MRI, cardiac CT and MRI, PET, and abdominal and pelvic CT. Dr. Escalon’s research interests include diffuse lung disease, oncologic imaging, and vascular imaging. She is also actively involved in the education of residents and fellows.
Dr. Escalon is a member of the following professional societies:
• Society of Thoracic Radiology • Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) • American College of Radiology • North American Society for Cardiovascular Imagining • New York Roentgen Society
Research
Credentials
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee Managed Care Plan
- Aetna Weill Cornell Employee PPO Plan
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical
Locations and Appointments
External Relationships
External Relationships
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